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Home – AlFranken.comOfficial Website of writer, comedian, and former US Senator Al Franken.Home – AlFranken.com Skip to content Menu HomeAboutReadListenAppearancesTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagramLATEST EPISODES David Kirkpatrick on Trump’s Immense and Shameless Profiteering November 30, 2025December 1, 2025 One of Donald Trump’s most successful initiatives in his second term has been making himself and his family richer than ever. We’re joined by The New Yorker’s David Kirkpatrick, who earlier this year wrote a piece outlining all the ways the legendary grifters have cashed in during Trump’s presidency. The…LISTEN NOW Lawyer Liz Oyer on Trump’s Corrupt Pardons November 23, 2025November 26, 2025 In Donald Trump’s second term, we’ve seen a flurry of pardons and commutations. Of course, every President is granted the pardon power, but with this administration, pardons often seem to have a price tag. We’re joined by Liz Oyer, former US pardon attorney (appointed by Biden and fired by Trump), to…LISTEN NOWSEE ALL SHOWSRECENT ARTICLES Political Satire Keeps the Powerful in Check. Trump Is Trying to Silence It September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 This piece was originally published in Rolling Stone on September 20, 2025. Back in 1940, Charlie Chaplin made a movie called The Great Dictator, a comedy about fascism. In it, he plays a Hitler-like character named Adenoid Hynkel, the authoritarian leader of an imaginary country called Tomainia. As parodies go, this…READ MORE My Friend Harry December 29, 2021December 29, 2021 Harry Reid died yesterday, and I will miss him terribly. Harry and I were friends, and we’d talk on the phone periodically. When he was majority leader, almost every phone conversation with Harry was short and would end abruptly. He wouldn’t even say goodbye. He’d just hang up. Our calls…READ MORE How to Reform the Filibuster December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 How to Reform the Filibuster Al Franken and Norm Ornstein With the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIB) and the impending passage of the Build Back Better legislation, Congress is ready to move on to its next urgent priority—protecting our elections and voters from disruption, chicanery and voter suppression….READ MORESEE MORE BLOG POSTSAl Franken Photo: Matt Wilson / @pbsthephotographerThank you for coming to my website.Hope you’ll enjoy the podcasts, articles and other stuff on the site. If you’re not currently subscribed to our newsletter, please sign up here.This week on the Podcast: Heather McGhee – An Encore of My Best Podcast Ever!Oh. And subscribe to my YouTube channel. All the podcasts are there, plus some videos from my pre-Senate career as well as my years in the Senate.Enjoy the website!FOLLOW:TwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram Search for: Privacy PolicyTerms & ConditionsContactJOIN THE LIST:Subscribe* indicates required Email Address * © 2026 Al Frankenenusen-US1772766361https://alfranken.com

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